- Nov 07, 2020
Green Quotes
On backstage nostalgia, golf greens, and green ambitions.
These quotes use 'green' in unexpected ways—a nostalgic backstage green room, a golf green sized up from the rough, and a Midwestern upbringing near Green Bay recalled fondly. See our nature quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the racialized space of capitalist gentrification, police are not only arbiters of the peace, they are the muscle of retail racism: You can only be in this space if you transcend your blackness by showing us some green dollars. Even then, there is no guarantee that green will transcend your black skin.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ireland is a series of stories that have been told to us, starting with the Irish Celtic national revival. I never believed in 'Old Ireland.' It has been made all of kitsch by the diaspora, looking back and deciding what Ireland is. Yes, it is green. Yes, it is friendly. I can't think of anything else for definite.
- Juice
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- Nov 07, 2020
One meal option is a piece of poached chicken the size of your fist with a green salad sprinkled with lemon juice, carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and celery. Another is a cup and a half of quinoa with minced veggies, all cooked at once so the quinoa absorbs the nutrients.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have spent many hours on the beach collecting sea glass, and I almost always wonder, as I bend to pick up chunk of bottle green or a shard of meringue white, what the history of the glass was. Who used it? Was it a medicine bottle? A bit of a ship's lantern? Is that bubbled piece of glass with the charred bits inside it from a fire?
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many heroes are driven by destiny. Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, they were all chosen and born to heroism. Even with Batman, it doesn't feel like Bruce could do anything else. His whole life was leading him to become the Dark Knight.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I usually wake up around 9, and the first thing I do is make myself a cup of tea. I drink a lot of tea - green tea, white tea, and all kinds of herbal teas.
- Nov 07, 2020
I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020